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Volodymyr Zelenskiy hopes for the "best possible outcome" from the NATO summit in Vilnius

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is hoping for the "best possible outcome" from this week's NATO summit in Vilnius, during which Kiev would like to see its aspirations to join the North Atlantic Alliance become a reality.

The summit will take place just over a month after the start of a counteroffensive by Ukrainian forces at the front, which have so far achieved only modest gains against strong Russian defensive lines due to a lack of aviation and artillery ammunition, reports AFP, quoted by Agerpres. After receiving Polish President Andrzej Duda in Lutsk, western Ukraine, Zelenskiy said the two leaders had agreed to "work together to achieve the best possible result" for Kiev at the July 11-12 summit in Lithuania. "We are stronger together," said the Polish president, one of Kiev's main supporters in NATO.

After receiving Polish President Andrzej Duda in Lutsk, western Ukraine, Zelenskiy said the two leaders had agreed to "work together to achieve the best possible result" for Kiev at the July 11-12 summit in Lithuania.

"We are stronger together," said the Polish president, one of Kiev's main supporters in NATO.

Ukraine must receive "security guarantees" from the West at the Vilnius Summit in the absence of accelerated accession as it had hoped. Both Zelenski and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg have acknowledged that this prospect is unlikely until the war with Russia ends.

American President Joe Biden mentioned in an interview for CNN that Ukraine is still not ready to join the North Atlantic Alliance. According to White House Leader, Russia's war in Ukraine must end before NATO will consider accepting Kiev into its ranks. "I don't think it's ready to be part of NATO," Joe Biden said, also stressing that there is no unanimity among allies on the prospects of allowing Kiev into the alliance "in the middle of a war." "We would be at war with Russia if that were the case," warned the US President.

We remind you that on July 11 and 12, the leaders of the 31 NATO member states meet in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. One of the topics discussed will be Ukraine's prospects for joining the alliance.

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